Water and nitrogen addition differentially impact plant competition in a native rough fescue grassland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-33

  Lamb, Eric G ^a   Shore, Bryon H ^a   Cahill, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboveground competition; Belowground competition; Nitrogen fertilization; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DICOTYLEDON; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NITROGEN; ROOT COMPETITION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA; CHENOPODIUM LEPTOPHYLLUM;

EID: 34447620958     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9222-4     Document Type: Article

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